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Check out the Quaker resources at Earlham College, Richmond, IN at
http://www.earlham.edu/%7Elibr/Quaker/overview.htm
The Arthur and Kathleen Postle Archives and Friends Collection are named for
the late Arthur Postle and his wife, Kathleen, the latter the donor who
served the college for many years as a member of the faculty.
The Archives keeps alive the institutional memory of Earlham. In its spacious
new quarters, the Archives preserves all the material that is judged to be of
historical significance for Earlham and Earlhamites.
The many files include official records; collections of publications, such as
the College's first printed catalog of 1858; Opinion Board papers dating back
to its founding in 1948, and complete runs of the campus newspapers since
1873. The collection includes such interesting and diverse objects as the ink
well used by Earlham's first president, Barnabas Hobbs. Chairs used in the
Archives today are the same ones used when the student dining hall opened in
1847.
The Friends Collection is one of the four or five largest in the world, with
more than 12,000 books and nearly as many pamphlets, some going back to the
17th Century when the Society of Friends was founded. These works are
supplemented with an extensive collection of Quaker genealogical materials.
Personal diaries, letters, and detailed records of monthly and yearly
meetings reveal the lives of thousands of Quaker men and women. Documents and
Earlham's rare book collection are preserved under climate-controlled
conditions. Some of these date back to the Middle Ages, and many are too
fragile or rare to be housed on the open shelves. The Friends Collection
draws hundreds of scholars and genealogists to Lilly Library annually. In
addition to assisting these visitors, College Archivist and Curator, Thomas
D. Hamm, answers nearly 400 inquiring letters each year.
Copied from the Earlham College web site.
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Check out
http://www.earlham.edu%7Elibr/Quaker/overview.htm for a list of
resources at Earlham College on Quakers:
The Arthur and Kathleen Postle Archives and Friends Collection are named for
the late Arthur Postle and his wife, Kathleen, the latter the donor who
served the college for many years as a member of the faculty.
The Archives keeps alive the institutional memory of Earlham. In its spacious
new quarters, the Archives preserves all the material that is judged to be of
historical significance for Earlham and Earlhamites.
The many files include official records; collections of publications, such as
the College's first printed catalog of 1858; Opinion Board papers dating back
to its founding in 1948, and complete runs of the campus newspapers since
1873. The collection includes such interesting and diverse objects as the ink
well used by Earlham's first president, Barnabas Hobbs. Chairs used in the
Archives today are the same ones used when the student dining hall opened in
1847.
The Friends Collection is one of the four or five largest in the world, with
more than 12,000 books and nearly as many pamphlets, some going back to the
17th Century when the Society of Friends was founded. These works are
supplemented with an extensive collection of Quaker genealogical materials.
Personal diaries, letters, and detailed records of monthly and yearly
meetings reveal the lives of thousands of Quaker men and women. Documents and
Earlham's rare book collection are preserved under climate-controlled
conditions. Some of these date back to the Middle Ages, and many are too
fragile or rare to be housed on the open shelves. The Friends Collection
draws hundreds of scholars and genealogists to Lilly Library annually. In
addition to assisting these visitors, College Archivist and Curator, Thomas
D. Hamm, answers nearly 400 inquiring letters each year.
Copied from the Earlham College site.
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